Henry Ward Beecher

“What the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.”

“The dog is the god of frolic.”

“The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.”

“It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.”

“I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.”

“Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which, if it affects our real interest or happiness...”

“Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness,...”

“A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.”

“Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.”

“The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that way too.”

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”

“Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.”

“Now comes the mystery! (last words)”

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”

“‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.”

“Men's best successes come after their disappointments.”

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.”

“The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.”

“The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.”